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as in released
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
a global crusade to free Nelson Mandela from a South African prison had emerged
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as in opened
to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions
we'll free the river by breaking up the ice jam
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as in cleared
to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way
would you mind freeing up the work area so I can work?
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as in rid
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
a phone call would free your parents from worry
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as in saved
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
this plan should free us from debt
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as in liberated
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Recent Examples of freed
Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
Aya Batrawy, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Playing someone who is so electric has freed me to take up space in new ways as an actor.
—Akili King, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Cherry, freed from police custody, shows up at the house, and Laura chases her up and down the stairs with a knife.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton graduate student, has been freed after being held hostage in Iraq since March 2023.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Even when convicted or exiled, coup plotters may be later freed.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
One deportee, a South Sudanese citizen, was freed earlier, the Associated Press reported Saturday.
—Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Among those Brown freed up was fellow freshman Montgomery, a Miami Central product.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
This phenomenon is prevalent in stories of Fannie Berry, a freed woman known for her tales about the days of enslavement.
—Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Only a small fraction of the nearly 150 hostages released from Gaza in the past two years have been directly freed by Israeli military operations, with the rest freed through Qatari and Egyptian mediation.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Playing someone who is so electric has freed me to take up space in new ways as an actor.
—Akili King, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Cherry, freed from police custody, shows up at the house, and Laura chases her up and down the stairs with a knife.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton graduate student, has been freed after being held hostage in Iraq since March 2023.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Even when convicted or exiled, coup plotters may be later freed.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
One deportee, a South Sudanese citizen, was freed earlier, the Associated Press reported Saturday.
—Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Among those Brown freed up was fellow freshman Montgomery, a Miami Central product.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freed
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Others – like Boris – are liberated by it.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, Ozon diverges from the text in a few key places to offer a postcolonial reading of a novel that was published two decades before Algeria liberated itself from French rule.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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China’s growing interest in winter sports has opened new space its sports and tourism exchanges with countries where skiing is popular.—
Russell Flannery,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That’s how the analysts opened their comments and questions during Oracle’s quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, as the company’s stock price was in the midst of a 28% after-hours rally.—
Ari Levy,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Agents detained two suspects – including one at the scene of the crime – but later released them and cleared them of any involvement.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The jury cleared Read of killing O’Keefe, charging her with just drunken driving.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Because everything was kept in one place, when the user saved the system state to a floppy disk, their entire workspace was frozen and stored in its entirety.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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D4vd, who first went viral on TikTok, released his debut album in April.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Though relieved to see the show continue on, Mowry-Housley said she and twin sister Tia were baffled by the change.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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After my long flight home, I was relieved that the late-night visitor turned out to be nothing more than city workers on the job (and their job in this case, while surprising, didn't turn out to be too destructive).—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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She was rescued by Kannan Animal Welfare alongside her brother Floofy.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Crews battled the flames and rescued one person who was inside.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Celebrities known for other things showing anything at all was worth the price of the magazine, and those parameters were loosened.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Heavy rains came days before, which could have loosened the ground, making those mountain villages more vulnerable.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Freed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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